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A Scholar’s Journey to Change the World for the Better

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Dr. Victor Agadjanian, UCLA professor with a joint appointment in the Department of Sociology and the UCLA International Institute, has focused his distinguished career focused on HIV risk and prevention; issues of marriage, fertility, religion,…

Leading Voting Rights Experts Discuss Universal Vote-By-Mail Amidst COVID-19

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By Eliza Moreno, Communications Manager, Latino Policy & Politics Initiative On April 2nd, the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Initiative (LPPI) and its marquee advocacy project, the UCLA Voting Rights Project, hosted a webinar that…

Q&A with UCLA California Policy Lab Director Dr. von Wachter on the CARES Act

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As an economist and director of the California Policy Lab, Till von Wachter is continually spearheading research projects and policy recommendations related to labor and employment as well as homelessness, education and crime. As the U.S.…

Open Letter on Inequities and the COVID-19 Response

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Professors Chandra L. Ford (UCLA), Bita Amani (Charles Drew University), Keith Norris (UCLA), Kia Skrine Jeffers (UCLA), and Randall Akee (UCLA), wrote the following open letter that outlines eight recommendations to prioritize equity in…

Approaching Justice in Gender Equity Spaces

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By Bryanna Ruiz and Amado Castillo, Latino Policy & Politics Initiative (LPPI) Public Policy Fellows The UCLA Center for the Study of Women held its 30th Annual Graduate Student Thinking Gender Conference in early March, in order…

The Singular and Sinister Exceptionality of the Coronavirus (COVID-19)

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Professor Vinay Lal, UCLA Professor of History and Asian American Studies, has an informative blog titled, "Lal Salaam: A Blog by Vinay Lal." Recently, he began writing "a series of articles on the implications of the coronavirus for our times,…

UCLA Researchers Use Big Data Expertise to Create a News Media Resource on the COVID-19 Crisis

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In the Department of Communication at UCLA, the Co-Mind Lab has rerouted some of its "big data" projects to create an informational resource about the coronavirus crisis. This resource offers members of the UCLA community and wider public a…

A Global Lifeboat: Evolution and Kindness in the Time of Coronavirus (Audio)

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Dr. Daniel Fessler, Anthropologist and Director of the UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute, discusses how an understanding of humanity's past and present can help us to meet the personal, social, and political challenges posed by the novel coronavirus…

UCLA Voting Rights Project Releases Recommendations for Implementing Vote-by-Mail Program

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The UCLA Voting Rights project released a white paper this week, "Protecting Democracy:  Implementing Equal and Safe Access to the Ballot Box During a Global Pandemic," with recommendations for voting officials to begin planning now for…